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General Motors has fired 15 employees, including some legal execs, over a 'pattern of incompetence and neglect' in the recall of cars which has led to at least 13 deaths. | 12yrs

Florian Haugeneder becomes the new head of the practice, taking over from Christoph Liebscher. | 12yrs

A new law firm, to be known as Simmons Hanly Conroy, will be created on 1 July through through the merger of St Louis-based Simmons Browder and New York-based Hanly Conroy. | 12yrs

As President Obama weights into the Scottish Independence debate, a UK law firm has surveyed oil and gas companies to see what they think. | 12yrs

Bank of America is in discussions with the US Department of Justice over the payment of some $US12b, in order to end the largest legal threat it faces. | 12yrs

US-based online law firm Clearspire has closed down just over a year after making ambitious projections to grow by 100 lawyers annually. | 12yrs

Promising corporate governance and transparency, a contender for the Nigerian Bar has also focused on foreign law partnerships as part of his manifesto. | 12yrs

Canadian companies are relying on the Chief Legal Officer to safeguard against litigation and support profitability. | 12yrs

Three lawyers in Saudi Arabia have been fined a total of US$266,667 for sending out tweets which were critical of the Ministry of Justice. | 12yrs

Judges who travel to remote parts of Australia are being overwhelmed by the volume of family law cases, with workloads rising so much that they have to handle 70 matters a week. | 12yrs

David Drummond, chief legal officer at Google, has become one of the company's main mouthpieces in response to espionage allegations in China. | 12yrs

The American Lawyer sale is the latest in a raft of deals involving legal news and analysis companies. | 12yrs

Facing a fine of US$10b for allegedly breaking a blacklist to trade with Sudan, French bank BNP is reported to have tried an 'advice of counsel' defence, referring to a leading US law firm. | 12yrs

Bombardier general counsel Daniel Desjardins has called on law firms to act more like businesses in an open letter to the profession. | 12yrs

Cybercrime is rising with three in four saying they had detected a security breach in the past year. | 12yrs

BigLaw can attract premium rates for access to client service and large pools of talent and resources, according to research. | 12yrs

A weekly round-up of moves across the globe. | 12yrs

UK law firm DAC Beachcroft is closing one of two offices in the city of Manchester and is launching a redundancy consultation over 65 posts. | 12yrs

Korean companies considering entering US markets need to be aware of the aggressive stance of many US businesses, according to Jeff Randall, global IP litigation head at Paul Hastings. | 12yrs